Hi Stephanie,
I visited your blog today and wanted to make a few comments, but they don't seem to be enabled. Can you remind me in class to show you how to do that?
Other than that, I was going to make some suggestions for how to make your most recent answers more clear. I think a really good start would be re-reading your work before you post. If you can, try to imagine that you are someone else reading your words. Would you be able to understand the point without being able to read your own mind?
I hope that makes sense.
CP
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
1-5 26th
1. What event does Gloria describe as her most difficult time? Why was it difficult? Look on page 26. Was when she went home after the hospital , She said " She couldn't do any thing .I couldn't walk anywhere alone " .
2. How many weeks after Gloria got out of the hospital passed before she started to work on her music again? Was her music a source of comfort? Yes a few weeks after ,she found it help her to get through her difficult time , songs were about the painful feelings .
3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again? On September 2 , 1990 At the Jerry Lewis Telethon on television .
4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)? She is an example of a Cuban American who 's different from her mother and other of that generation , Cubans who have grown up in The United States have the best of both worlds because they been inspired bu a business ....allot of our own ethnic flavor .
5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal? I never had the over-come something in my life besides been the mother some times in my house and everything uncontrolled by me My tools and skills for that well my mother is an example .
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3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again?
4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)?
5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal?
2. How many weeks after Gloria got out of the hospital passed before she started to work on her music again? Was her music a source of comfort? Yes a few weeks after ,she found it help her to get through her difficult time , songs were about the painful feelings .
3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again? On September 2 , 1990 At the Jerry Lewis Telethon on television .
4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)? She is an example of a Cuban American who 's different from her mother and other of that generation , Cubans who have grown up in The United States have the best of both worlds because they been inspired bu a business ....allot of our own ethnic flavor .
5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal? I never had the over-come something in my life besides been the mother some times in my house and everything uncontrolled by me My tools and skills for that well my mother is an example .
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3. When did Gloria and the Miami Sound Machine begin to play their music again?
4. How does Gloria Estefan describe herself on the last page (page 29)?
5. Reflect: Have you ever had to overcome something in your life that you did not think you could? What tools and skills did you use in order to overcome this ordeal?
Friday, April 23, 2010
Journal # 2
Journal # 2 for Miss. S:
What is your favourite type of music and why?
You may include the names of some of your favourite artists. Make sure you tell me when you first started to like this music and the type of impact it has on your life. When do you listen to music?
My favourite type of music , I like every type of music as long as it has a beat to it and i like all the new music today i hate listening to the oldies it doesn't interest me at all . I always listened to music ever since i was small and i always listened to country i grow up on it from my mother and the music has a big impact with my life because i hate not having music then its all just quite and hate just sitting still for a long time .I listen to music every changes i get ex, when i first wake up - to when i leave to walk to school and then still have my i-pod speakers to listen to and then at school at my changes and home . Love music the world world be very boring indeed if it won't for the music people hear today ! .
What is your favourite type of music and why?
You may include the names of some of your favourite artists. Make sure you tell me when you first started to like this music and the type of impact it has on your life. When do you listen to music?
My favourite type of music , I like every type of music as long as it has a beat to it and i like all the new music today i hate listening to the oldies it doesn't interest me at all . I always listened to music ever since i was small and i always listened to country i grow up on it from my mother and the music has a big impact with my life because i hate not having music then its all just quite and hate just sitting still for a long time .I listen to music every changes i get ex, when i first wake up - to when i leave to walk to school and then still have my i-pod speakers to listen to and then at school at my changes and home . Love music the world world be very boring indeed if it won't for the music people hear today ! .
Reading Comprehension Questions Pages 10 – 19:1-4
1. Why were Cubans not entirely welcome when they moved from Cuba to the United States? Cubans weren't entirely welcome because of their back grouund ,
2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home? Gloria always considered Miami as home .
3. When was the first time Gloria performed? At a wedding when she was 17 , Emilio persuaded her to sing a few songs with the group ,She did -and was an instant hit .
4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why? Son , Rumba , Danzon is the three types of music ... I think i would listen to rumba music because i never heared the over music before and its alright to listen to .
2. Which place did Gloria always consider to be home? Gloria always considered Miami as home .
3. When was the first time Gloria performed? At a wedding when she was 17 , Emilio persuaded her to sing a few songs with the group ,She did -and was an instant hit .
4. List the three types of music described in “Cuba’s Music and Culture”, which type would you prefer to listen to and why? Son , Rumba , Danzon is the three types of music ... I think i would listen to rumba music because i never heared the over music before and its alright to listen to .
Monday, April 19, 2010
"Gloria Estefan"
I think this book is about this Woman Gloris Estefan is a Cuban-American singer star , that plays there music around and a soar to success.
1. Who is Gloria Estefan? Leads a powerful ten -piece band , The Miami Sound Machine .
In her concerts she sings , dances , jumps , and kicks her way to side -to side of the stage , Shes is both a star of the show and party host and encourages .
2. What part of Gloria was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990? Estefan was injured worst of all , she was thrown to the floor of it and know her bacl was broken ,Doctors discovered that she had two cracked bones in her lower back .
3. Have you ever broken a bone? If yes which bone? If no what do you think your life would be like if you had to wear a cast on your arm for eight weeks? Yes i broke my foot it sucked ...If a would have to wear a stupid cast life would really suck , because you couldn't do the things you would what to do and for eight weeks ! i'd be in miserly .
4. Estefan had to make a choice between having a surgery to correct her broken bones or have her entire body in a cast for six months. Which choice would you have made and why? I would of did the surgery i guess i hate the cast and hate being in the hospital .
5. Estefan and her parents were considered to be exiles, they moved to the United States in the Late 1950’s and early 1960’s? Why did they move? Disagreed with the Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution , wanted to restore the Government .
6. Who is the Author of this book? Fernando Gonzalez is the Author of this book.
1. Who is Gloria Estefan? Leads a powerful ten -piece band , The Miami Sound Machine .
In her concerts she sings , dances , jumps , and kicks her way to side -to side of the stage , Shes is both a star of the show and party host and encourages .
2. What part of Gloria was injured in the bus accident on March 20th, 1990? Estefan was injured worst of all , she was thrown to the floor of it and know her bacl was broken ,Doctors discovered that she had two cracked bones in her lower back .
3. Have you ever broken a bone? If yes which bone? If no what do you think your life would be like if you had to wear a cast on your arm for eight weeks? Yes i broke my foot it sucked ...If a would have to wear a stupid cast life would really suck , because you couldn't do the things you would what to do and for eight weeks ! i'd be in miserly .
4. Estefan had to make a choice between having a surgery to correct her broken bones or have her entire body in a cast for six months. Which choice would you have made and why? I would of did the surgery i guess i hate the cast and hate being in the hospital .
5. Estefan and her parents were considered to be exiles, they moved to the United States in the Late 1950’s and early 1960’s? Why did they move? Disagreed with the Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution , wanted to restore the Government .
6. Who is the Author of this book? Fernando Gonzalez is the Author of this book.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
37 – 47 of “Tunnels, Tracks and Trains
1. When they describe subway art what are they referring to?Reflects the character ot history of its particular neighborhood ; Neon art installations , hanging fiberglass sculptures , murals painted in varying styles .
2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations?I have ridden on a subway i use to live in Toronto, Umm no i didn't see any art threw my gernieys , I think maybe they should they can attracked attanion
3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems?The computer -fiber-optic ,computer chips sense each location
4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?To gain experience , operators have been driving similar trains , leased from the Miami < Floeida subways system , They are eager to drive and come familier with the workings of their won cars .
5. When do they test the first Red Line train?At night , when construction workers have gone , the train whizzes through the gleaming tunnels .
2. Reflect: have you ever ridden on the subway? Did you see any art? Should we have art along our subway tunnels and our stations?I have ridden on a subway i use to live in Toronto, Umm no i didn't see any art threw my gernieys , I think maybe they should they can attracked attanion
3. How do they control the subway train traffic in the new subway systems?The computer -fiber-optic ,computer chips sense each location
4. How have the train operators been practicing for when the Metro Red Line Subway lines open?To gain experience , operators have been driving similar trains , leased from the Miami < Floeida subways system , They are eager to drive and come familier with the workings of their won cars .
5. When do they test the first Red Line train?At night , when construction workers have gone , the train whizzes through the gleaming tunnels .
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Reading Comprehension Pages 26-36
1. What is the floor of the tunnel made out of?Walking on steel beams , sure-footed laborers reinforce walls and floor with a cage like steel grid , then a thick layer of poured concrete seals the cut and forms the tunnels "mud slab " floor .
2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?They reinforce foundations of buildings along the route and secure electric, gas ,water ,and telephone line that run beneath the street.
3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?A temporary road called decking is build over the torn-up street .Steel beams that's span the cuts width are set down, set of attached wooden beams and place between them , makes stronger solid surface to be quickly converted
4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model? I guess i like the station model , It looks a little to plain and not enough space to more people ,so make it bigger .
5. What is the "Pink Lady"? A flatbed truck , brings materials and fixtures to the workers .
2.What to construction workers do at surface level in order to prepare the city at surface level for the Metro Red Lin's midtown route?They reinforce foundations of buildings along the route and secure electric, gas ,water ,and telephone line that run beneath the street.
3. What is the name of the temporary road called that is created for street traffic to use during the cut and cover station construction? What are these roads made out of and why?A temporary road called decking is build over the torn-up street .Steel beams that's span the cuts width are set down, set of attached wooden beams and place between them , makes stronger solid surface to be quickly converted
4. On Pages 30-31 there are is a model of the train station, do you like it? What would you change about this station model? I guess i like the station model , It looks a little to plain and not enough space to more people ,so make it bigger .
5. What is the "Pink Lady"? A flatbed truck , brings materials and fixtures to the workers .
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
"The hardest thing I have ever done...".journal
1)The hardest thing i ever done i think would be ...Is when one day i realized i had to tell the truth about my life to my boyfriends and what i been ling to him about , and i knew that he would get mad at me or even leave me . So it was very hard to tell him and he didn't take it to well and we split and we all went down hill from there , actually in school my work i just started giving up . Its hard for me because if you been in a long time relationship and then suddenly brake up , is hard and very sad and I'm not my self . I think that would of been the most difficult time for me .
2 ) Besides boyfriends problems would be , Is getting caught with the law and i got into trouble and i had to go to youth court for my first time when i was 13 and was sceard and had to do cummity serive hours for that summer , And this worker of mine gave me and a buddy this work we had to complet ; a poster and a thik book of work sheets i had to do ... and if i didn't do it i would be in even more trouble . It was hard for me and because i had to tralive to and from Oshawa to go to court and miss school day and so on .
thats about it ! ....
2 ) Besides boyfriends problems would be , Is getting caught with the law and i got into trouble and i had to go to youth court for my first time when i was 13 and was sceard and had to do cummity serive hours for that summer , And this worker of mine gave me and a buddy this work we had to complet ; a poster and a thik book of work sheets i had to do ... and if i didn't do it i would be in even more trouble . It was hard for me and because i had to tralive to and from Oshawa to go to court and miss school day and so on .
thats about it ! ....
Tunnel, Tracks and Trains Vocabulary 1-3
1. What are the concerns of project manager Bryan Lee? Bryan -lees concerns are ; Do building methods & materials match those in the agreement ? , Are schedules met ? , Are costs kept within bounds ? ...
2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction? The shield , driven by electricity hydraulically powerd pistons can bring six thousands pounds of pressure against the earth ,convevor belt ,air ducts .
3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites?To protect peoples health , the shield has a built -in gas detector , and each miner wears a belt , lifesaving supply of oxygen .
2. Why do they engineers and construction workers use a boring machine to make tunnels instead of cut and cover construction? The shield , driven by electricity hydraulically powerd pistons can bring six thousands pounds of pressure against the earth ,convevor belt ,air ducts .
3. What do the worker’s do to protect themselves in the newly formed tunnels from harmful levels of gases found in the soil at the various new subway sites?To protect peoples health , the shield has a built -in gas detector , and each miner wears a belt , lifesaving supply of oxygen .
Monday, April 12, 2010
comprehension 1-6
1. Which city are they building this new subway system in? Los Angeles are building the new sub way system.
2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What issue will it resolve?
The city is quickly becoming more densely populated , the freeways and streets more traffic clogged ...
3. The chief construction Engineer, John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a new subways system?vice -president ,a subway buff, he collects historic photo
-graphs and prints of nineteenth-centurt steam driven subways .
4. What is the role of Roberta Greenwood?
Archaeologist is her role oversee preservation of the valuable artifacts.
5. What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site?shows low level of contamination , chemicals to purify the lake s water have seeped intot he earth .
6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line? Its stupid there well be problems ,...
2. Why is there a need for a subway system here? What issue will it resolve?
The city is quickly becoming more densely populated , the freeways and streets more traffic clogged ...
3. The chief construction Engineer, John Adams plays what role in the process of creating a new subways system?vice -president ,a subway buff, he collects historic photo
-graphs and prints of nineteenth-centurt steam driven subways .
4. What is the role of Roberta Greenwood?
Archaeologist is her role oversee preservation of the valuable artifacts.
5. What can be learned from the process of analyzing the excavation site?shows low level of contamination , chemicals to purify the lake s water have seeped intot he earth .
6. What is your opinion on page 11, where they have decided to destruct MacArthur Park to make it into the hub of the Metro Line? Its stupid there well be problems ,...
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